Figure 1.--Most American boys wore knickers in the 1920s. Here we see some of the knicker suits offered by the Hamilton Garment Company in 1925. Notice the Norfolk styling. We know very little about the company at this time.
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Figure 1.--Most American boys wore knickers in the 1920s. Here we see some of the knicker suits offered by the Hamilton Garment Company in 1925. Notice the Norfolk styling. We know very little about the company at this time. |
This is not a company that we had heard of before. We know that it was fonded in 1915. and that it was located at 307 %th Avenue in New York. The name suggests that they were a manufacuring company, but we note substantial catalogs during the 1920s. The catalogs had a wide range of clothing far beyond what any one company would be capable of producing in addition to jewelry. One report of the Fall-Winter 1924-25 catalog indicates, "This 1924 trade catalog was 88 pages. It was 7x10 inches, stapled at spine, sepia photos & illustrations. It was a fully illustrated retail catalogue featuring Norma Talmadge (silent screen star) on the cover and a full line of stylish clothing for women and girls including dresses, coats, furs, suits, lingerie, hats, handbags, shoes, bathrobes and kimonos, hosiery and overblouses, also includes a small amount of jewelry and compacts, the winter coats in particular are beautifully tailored and wonderfully high-style, sepia photos & illustrations, index, with original prices." Another reader has provided some images fro The product offering was weighted toward women's wear, but there was some boys clothing offered as well which provide some interesting details on 1920s clothing. m the 1925 Spring-Summer catalog showing the boys' clothing offered. Knickers and knickers suits were prminently features with kneepants for younger boys. The 1925 Spring-Summer catalog offered 10th anniversary bargains and 5th Avenue styles. These items can be viewed from the U.S. 1925 catalog page. We assume because of the address (5th Avenue is known as a fashionable shopping area) that they were a department store wuth a mailorder business, but the only information we have is pages from the catalog. We do not know what happeed to the company after 1925.
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